Sentences with phrase «less of an adverse effect»

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Besides, to make the platform more personalised for users, the latest strategy of Mark Zuckerberg — Less is More — will have a more adverse effect on brands and marketers.

The latter are more likely to be choosing to eat less meat as a result of the increased awareness of its adverse health effects, backed up by a number of scientific papers over recent years.

Existing research has often highlighted the adverse effects of air pollutants on lung function in school - age children and adolescents, but the effects of a mother's exposure to pollution on the lung function of her unborn child and shortly after birth are less well known.

«The potential adverse effects of exposure to disinfectants on COPD have received much less attention, although two recent studies in European populations showed that working as a cleaner was associated with a higher risk of COPD.

This suggests women are less prone to political influence than men — instead, their reduced job satisfaction is attributed to the more general adverse effects of organisational change and uncertainty.

«Global energy demand has adverse effects on freshwater resources of less developed nations.»

One was that all studies were short - term, less than six months, and all studies on effective drugs had more than 9 percent of participants drop out due to adverse effects.

In the end, Kozlowski added, «The proper regulation of recreational drug products that have some adverse effects should be to restrict youth access, promote cessation of use in those who desire to quit, promote less - harmful modes of use by providing accurate and useful information to consumers.»

The yearlong study concluded that the fluticasone furoate and vilanterol cohort had an 8.4 % less frequent occurrence of moderate to severe exacerbations than the usual care group, leading the team to state that the fluticasone furoate and vilanterol combination was superior to usual COPD care — with no significantly higher risk of serious adverse effects.

Finally, the team identified key sex differences in the relationship between diet, adiposity (fat), and insulin sensitivity, where females seem to be less vulnerable to adverse effects of adiposity than males.

Considering the side effects and adverse results of prostate cancer treatment, these new results may help some men make the choice to forgo aggressive treatment in lieu of less invasive options.

Although the modern notion of life may project this approach as normal, overtraining can have adverse effects on your workout, making it far less efficient in terms of muscle gains.

Since salt and nitrates are responsible for some of the adverse health effects of smoked meats, options with less of (or without) them will be better for your health.

The limited reports of complications arising from use of the modified Atkins diet (MAD) or low glycaemic index treatment suggest fewer and less serious adverse events when these more liberal modified diets are used (32, 33, 34, 35), although a prospective review of 6 MAD studies found 13 % of 92 children and adults discontinued the diet due to intolerance or side effects (36).

Although it is often suggested that children with epilepsy who are benefiting from ketogenic dietary therapy continue this for at least two years, duration of treatment could be shorter in patients with infantile spasms who become seizure - free; one study reported no adverse effect on seizure outcomes and less risk of growth disturbances when treatment was tapered down after 8 months (15).

Plant proteins tend to be «incomplete», and their lower level of some amino acids may permit high - protein weight loss diets with less adverse effects 7, 8.

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Such statements reflect the current views of Barnes & Noble with respect to future events, the outcome of which is subject to certain risks, including, among others, the effect of the proposed separation of NOOK Media, the general economic environment and consumer spending patterns, decreased consumer demand for Barnes & Noble's products, low growth or declining sales and net income due to various factors, possible disruptions in Barnes & Noble's computer systems, telephone systems or supply chain, possible risks associated with data privacy, information security and intellectual property, possible work stoppages or increases in labor costs, possible increases in shipping rates or interruptions in shipping service, effects of competition, possible risks that inventory in channels of distribution may be larger than able to be sold, possible risks associated with changes in the strategic direction of the device business, including possible reduction in sales of content, accessories and other merchandise and other adverse financial impacts, possible risk that component parts will be rendered obsolete or otherwise not be able to be effectively utilized in devices to be sold, possible risk that financial and operational forecasts and projections are not achieved, possible risk that returns from consumers or channels of distribution may be greater than estimated, the risk that digital sales growth is less than expectations and the risk that it does not exceed the rate of investment spend, higher - than - anticipated store closing or relocation costs, higher interest rates, the performance of Barnes & Noble's online, digital and other initiatives, the success of Barnes & Noble's strategic investments, unanticipated increases in merchandise, component or occupancy costs, unanticipated adverse litigation results or effects, product and component shortages, risks associated with the commercial agreement with Samsung, the potential adverse impact on the Company's businesses resulting from the Company's prior reviews of strategic alternatives and the potential separation of the Company's businesses (including with respect to the timing of the completion thereof), the risk that the transactions with Pearson and Samsung do not achieve the expected benefits for the parties or impose costs on the Company in excess of what the Company anticipates, including the risk that NOOK Media's applications are not commercially successful or that the expected distribution of those applications is not achieved, risks associated with the international expansion previously undertaken, including any risks associated with a reduction of international operations following termination of the Microsoft commercial agreement, the risk that NOOK Media is not able to perform its obligations under the Pearson and Samsung commercial agreements and the consequences thereof, the risks associated with the termination of Microsoft commercial agreement, including potential customer losses, risks associated with the restatement contained in, the delayed filing of, and the material weakness in internal controls described in Barnes & Noble's Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended April 27, 2013, risks associated with the SEC investigation disclosed in the quarterly report on Form 10 - Q for the fiscal quarter ended October 26, 2013, risks associated with the ongoing efforts to rationalize the NOOK business and the expected costs and benefits of such efforts and associated risks and other factors which may be outside of Barnes & Noble's control, including those factors discussed in detail in Item 1A, «Risk Factors,» in Barnes & Noble's Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended May 3, 2014, and in Barnes & Noble's other filings made hereafter from time to time with the SEC.

Fewer numbers of dead heartworms mean less chance of adverse effects from the treatment.

There is evidence that pancreatic secretions are suppressed during an attack of pancreatitis, so food delivered in this manner stimulates the pancreas less than we used to believe, while it helps maintain the health of the gastrointestinal tract and decrease inflammation and adverse side effects.

Supporters of herbal therapy argue that the cup of coffee has less adverse effects because it is in its naturally occurring state.

The ability to cross the blood - brain barrier makes them very effective, but also increases the risk of adverse effects when compared to less effective second - generation antihistamines.

has been prescribed for your pet for the treatment of an infection caused by susceptible bacteria because other less expensive antibiotics were not effective or unacceptable because of their adverse effects.

Older people experiencing typical life stresses are less affected (as measured by number of medical visits) when they have a companion dog, suggesting that a dog can be a stress buffer that softens effects of adverse events on the person.

-- The adverse effect of moving against the wind is usually far less pronounced, in order to make navigation less of a chore.

Between 2006 and 2016, there were more than 4,500 recorded reports, 35 % of which contained staff notes about adverse health effects; between 2015 - 2016, the MOECC response rate to the reports of excessive noise was less than 7 %.

Most of these are second order effects unrelated to plant hormone chemistry; while plants become brittler, less well - nourished and more nitrogen - depleting, less capable of maintaining thermal homeostasis, faster aging and weedier as CO2 plant hormone changes affect them, they generally just shift their mix in the wild and drop their productivity as soil microbes change toward more adverse colonies, but aren't yet wholesale dying out for the most part.

Although some of them are easy to identify, others are less obvious, such as those that result from unconscious prejudices and stereotypes or from standards that are neutral on their face but have adverse effects on certain persons.

Fully accepting that adverse effect on proper client representation would be inappropriate, the validity of this concern was much less obvious to me.

Directory listings revenues remain well behind last year although less so than in the first half with the unwinding of adverse publication phasing effects.

In order to determine the effects of institutional care per se, it would be important to study the outcome of children admitted to group care from less adverse home circumstances.

This population of caregivers may deny that children living in their homes experience adverse effects of their behaviors, or they may have less capacity to empathize with the children and to assess child health.

Indeed where traditional roles are maintained and length of communal living, such as in refugee camps, is decreased, less adverse psychological effects have been observed (Markowitz, 1996; McKelvey & Webb, 1997).

(«Evidence indicating that early, extensive, and continuous nonmaternal care is associated with less harmonious parent - child relations and elevated levels of aggression and noncompliance suggests that concerns raised about early and extensive child care 15 years ago remain valid and that alternative explanations of Belsky's originally controversial conclusion do not account for seemingly adverse effects of routine nonmaternal care that continue to be reported in the literature... No longer is it tenable for developmental scholars and child - care advocates to deride the notion that early and extensive nonmaternal care of the kind available in most communities poses risks for young children and perhaps the larger society as well.

Research on meditation in diverse populations of adults has accumulated sufficiently to provide convincing high - level evidence for reproducible benefits of meditation in mental health and pain management.69 — 71 In addition, data suggest that greater levels of mindfulness in adulthood may mitigate some of the negative health effects of adverse childhood experiences.72 The literature in children and youth, however, is less developed and, although suggestive of benefit, is just beginning to emerge.73 — 76 To provide the highest level of available evidence regarding the specific effect (s) attributable to meditation instruction for children and youth, conclusions in this report are based on findings from RCTs with active control conditions.

In comparing competent children with less competent children from highly stressed families, researchers found that a history of early attachment - related competence proved to be a major protective factor against the adverse effects of stressful life events.

Fact: «Evidence indicating that early, extensive, and continuous nonmaternal care is associated with less harmonious parent - child relations and elevated levels of aggression and noncompliance suggests that concerns raised about early and extensive child care 15 years ago remain valid and that alternative explanations of Belsky's originally controversial conclusion do not account for seemingly adverse effects of routine nonmaternal care that continue to be reported in the literature... No longer is it tenable for developmental scholars and child - care advocates to deride the notion that early and extensive nonmaternal care of the kind available in most communities poses risks for young children and perhaps the larger society as well.

While the adverse effects of maternal depressive symptoms on child development are well documented, less is known about the underlying mechanisms that mediate the transmission of risk (Goodman et al. 2011).